hi i'm an international student from South Korea.An obscure university among my country's universitiesGPA not 4.0 scale.(it's 4.5scale) like 3/4 of all classes are A and A+'s and 1/4 B+'s(got some scholarships in a couple of semesters due to gpa)GRE General V155 Q165 A3.0(may take it again soon due to low writing score)PGRE 990TOEFL recently taken. i'm weak at speaking.Research Experience: Non except a senior thesis.Interested in high energy physics theory. I like mathematical aspect of physics. No serious research about that. read some grad school books. and some attempt to read some journal articles.

-ReachDukeRutgers-MaybeCarnegieUniversity of FloridaBoston UniversityUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel HillUniversity of FloridaTexas a&m universityUniversity of RochesterUniversity of Pittsburgh-Safetydon't know. may pick one or two school around 70~100 rank in usnews.com

What do you guys think? Please give me some suggestions. let me know if i'm out of touch with the reality.